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How is Msft's Surface NOT a patent infringement on Multi-Touch?!
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<blockquote data-quote="Kash" data-source="post: 497191" data-attributes="member: 23444"><p>Goobimama is correct. Microsoft's Surface uses hundreds of infrared sensors that detect when the beam is broken across the surface of the device. Apple's Multi-Touch senses for capacitance. </p><p></p><p>This is why Surface can detect things like cell phones and glasses whereas Multi-Touch can only detect things that conduct a charge, such as your finger. Which is why you can't use things like pens or a stylus to control the iPhone or iTouch. </p><p></p><p>So while both technologies center around the principle of using one's hands to manipulate objects on a screen, the underlying technology is radically different, and hence, patents are not violated.</p><p></p><p>It should also be noted that this isn't something that Microsoft pulled out upon the launch of the iPhone at Macworld 2007. Microsoft has, in fact, been working on this for quite some time. It was just coincidence that both were exhibited in the same time period.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Kash, post: 497191, member: 23444"] Goobimama is correct. Microsoft's Surface uses hundreds of infrared sensors that detect when the beam is broken across the surface of the device. Apple's Multi-Touch senses for capacitance. This is why Surface can detect things like cell phones and glasses whereas Multi-Touch can only detect things that conduct a charge, such as your finger. Which is why you can't use things like pens or a stylus to control the iPhone or iTouch. So while both technologies center around the principle of using one's hands to manipulate objects on a screen, the underlying technology is radically different, and hence, patents are not violated. It should also be noted that this isn't something that Microsoft pulled out upon the launch of the iPhone at Macworld 2007. Microsoft has, in fact, been working on this for quite some time. It was just coincidence that both were exhibited in the same time period. [/QUOTE]
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